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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Verdell (Brockmeier)
4Unverfehrt on the occasion of her 90th birthday; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt was born in Venedy on May 27,
61934; she attended grade school at Klasing and Ebenezer, both
7of which were one room schoolhouses; she graduated from
8Okawville High School in 1952, the first girl among her
9siblings to attend high school; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt worked at Old Exchange
11National Bank in Okawville after graduating high school until
12she married Alfred Unverfehrt in 1955, when she became a
13full-time farm wife; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt worked as a full partner with
15her husband in establishing their grain, dairy, and livestock
16farm, which is now Ven Oka Farms Inc.; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt had a total of four children,
18Jim, who now operates the family farm in Okawville, Dave, who
19lives in Florida, Karen, who lives in Nashville with her
20husband Dave, and Julie, who lives in Carlyle with her
21husband, Ken; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt still resides on the farm in a
2house that she and her husband built, where she can be found
3pulling weeds in her flower garden, sewing apparel and loose
4buttons for her family and friends, and cooking her famous
5dishes; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Verdell Unverfehrt particularly enjoys attending
7church, spending time with her children, nine grandchildren,
8and four great-grandchildren, and observing the bustling farm
9life from her kitchen window; therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
11HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
12we congratulate Verdell Unverfehrt on the occasion of her 90th
13birthday; and be it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15presented to Verdell Unverfehrt as a token of our esteem and
16respect.